Changing name of URL

  • riikar

    (@riikar)


    14 years, 3 months ago

    I am not satisfied with the name I originally chose for my site. I want to change this to a new name.

    i.e. change from http://oldname.com to http://newname.com

    1. Do I have to buy a new domain with newname.com from HostGator.com?
    2. Is there a plug-in or function that can accomplish the transfer/namechange in an easy way? I am completely non-technical…

    I actually do not wish to transfer, just change the name as it appears in my blog, on Google etc. if that is possible

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  • thejournalbook

    (@thejournalbook)

    14 years ago

    1) Nothing you can do in wordpress (to my knowledge) will allow you to change abc.com to widgets.com. And from a networking standpoint this is like asking for the same phone number as burger king’s phone number – impossible. You’d have to contact hostgator to see if they’ll allow a domain name change to a DIFFERENT domain (see first sentence).

    2) They may also have an free option within the control panel to forward your name (IE when someone hits abc.com the URL will show as abc.com/widgets). This option is pretty common.

    There are ways to perform the latter in wordpress (or so I’m told – I’m trying to figure this out myself) but that’s not what you’ve asked in your post.

    egado

    (@egado)

    14 years ago

    this might help…

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